diff --git a/components/protocomm/include/common/protocomm.h b/components/protocomm/include/common/protocomm.h
index e2704a3364..5056f78771 100644
--- a/components/protocomm/include/common/protocomm.h
+++ b/components/protocomm/include/common/protocomm.h
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ esp_err_t protocomm_req_handle(protocomm_t *pc, const char *ep_name, uint32_t se
  *                          For protocomm security version 1 and 2
  *                          sec_params should contain pointer to struct of type
  *                          protocomm_security1_params_t and protocmm_security2_params_t respectively.
+ *                          The contents of this pointer must be valid till the security session
+ *                          has been running and is not closed.
  * @return
  *  - ESP_OK : Success
  *  - ESP_FAIL : Error adding endpoint / Endpoint with this name already exists
diff --git a/components/wifi_provisioning/include/wifi_provisioning/manager.h b/components/wifi_provisioning/include/wifi_provisioning/manager.h
index e65ef3ea70..a1ead0d4dc 100644
--- a/components/wifi_provisioning/include/wifi_provisioning/manager.h
+++ b/components/wifi_provisioning/include/wifi_provisioning/manager.h
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ esp_err_t wifi_prov_mgr_is_provisioned(bool *provisioned);
  *                          This pointer should hold the struct of type
  *                          wifi_prov_security1_params_t for protocomm security 1
  *                          and wifi_prov_security2_params_t for protocomm security 2 respectively.
+ *                          This pointer and its contents should be valid till the provisioning service is
+ *                          running and has not been stopped or de-inited.
  * @param[in] service_name  Unique name of the service. This translates to:
  *                              - Wi-Fi SSID when provisioning mode is softAP
  *                              - Device name when provisioning mode is BLE
diff --git a/examples/provisioning/wifi_prov_mgr/main/app_main.c b/examples/provisioning/wifi_prov_mgr/main/app_main.c
index e786a7f01e..9f17dfe1b2 100644
--- a/examples/provisioning/wifi_prov_mgr/main/app_main.c
+++ b/examples/provisioning/wifi_prov_mgr/main/app_main.c
@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ void app_main(void)
          *      - NULL if not used
          */
         const char *pop = "abcd1234";
+        /* If the pop is allocated dynamically, then it should be valid till the provisioning process is running.
+         * it can be only freed when the WIFI_PROV_END event is triggered */
+
         /* This is the structure for passing security parameters
          * for the protocomm security 1.
          * This does not need not be static i.e. could be dynamically allocated